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  • Bills.com cites ways to handle a mortgage at risk of foreclosure - PR Inside

    Foreclosure proceedings threatened 2.3 million Americans last year, an 81 percent increase over the previous year. More than 860,000 homes were repossessed in 2008, and those numbers will likely increase about 18 percent this year. "In addition to ...
    2009-02-06 01:32:00
  • User Feedback: Tax Crunch - ksl.com

    (KSL News) Unemployment rates are up, the real estate market is stagnant and the stock market is still volatile- all reasons tax payers are looking to squeeze as much as possible out of their 2008 tax returns. We took your tax questions and presented ...
    2009-02-06 05:45:00
  • Banking and Financial (Mondaq)

    The initial package of measures were approved by the European Commission on 13th October 2008 under the state aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (commonly referred to as the "EC Treaty"), which HMT immediately proceeded to implement.
    2009-02-06 01:15:49
  • Deducting mortgage loan points (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)

    Don't overlook the points you paid to get a lower mortgage rate. They can be a useful tax break.
    2009-02-06 05:00:00
  • Financial Institutions: Stretched Too Thin? (Investopedia via Yahoo! Finance)

    Find out how to evaluate a firms loan portfolio to determine its financial health.
    2009-02-06 03:56:44
  • Roanoke offers loans for homebuyers - WSLS

    Poor home sales and the sub-prime mortgage crisis are both contributors to the economic crisis our country is now. That’s why governments are looking for ways to turn the housing market around. Right now, congress is wrestling with ways to ...
    2009-02-06 03:58:00
  • Morning Brief: The Obamans abroad - Foreign Policy Blogs

    Foreign-policy watchers have been told to expect a major address from U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden at this weekend's Munich Security Conference . "Stay tuned," a senior administration official told the New York Times ' Helene Cooper . "It will be ...
    2009-02-06 04:55:00
  • Will Loan Modifications Lift the Housing Market? - Time

    A foreclosure sign is posted in the front of a house in Alexandria, Virginia. There are various ideas being bandied about, but the goal is common: to entice mortgages servicers, whether lenders themselves or third parties acting on behalf of ...
    2009-02-06 04:19:00
  • Investors keep faith with stock market - The Australian

    The third Investor Jury, conducted by CrosbyTextor on behalf of The Australian , reveals investors have been devastated by the collapse in the value of their share investments in the past 15 months, typically losing 30-50 per cent off their ...
    2009-02-06 04:48:00
  • Ireland's Boom Falls Hard in Global Crisis - Wall Street Journal

    DUBLIN -- In a sign that the economic crisis is hitting Ireland where it hurts, Guinness is having second thoughts about building a new brewery here. Just last May, demand for the premium-price malty stout from newly prosperous emerging countries was ...
    2009-02-06 08:44:00
  • Citizens’ parent company cuts 7 directors - Providence Journal

    LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, the owner of Providence-based Citizens Financial Group, fired seven non-executive directors yesterday as part of the restructuring agreed with the British government when it pumped in around 20 billion ...
    2009-02-06 07:54:00
  • Poland: euro good but it might have to wait - Boston Globe

    WARSAW, Poland— Poland's Prime Minister said Friday that the global economic crisis had threatened his 2012 target for signing up to the euro. The Polish currency, the zloty, has been badly battered by the financial crisis, depreciating sharply ...
    2009-02-06 04:05:00
  • Francine Hardaway: Open Letter to My Mortgate Companies (HuffingtonPost)

    No, I don't want to move in with my daughters. I want to ask you to re-finance my mortgage at the current value of my house at a 4.2% rate, like everyone in Congress is suggesting.
    2009-02-06 02:53:42
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia: daily survey of 6 February 2009 (Girodivite)

    DAILY SURVEY - Belgrade, 06. 02. 2009.
    2009-02-06 03:17:35
  • EI plan needs revamp: Opposition (Canada.com)

    In the wake of the worst month ever for job losses in Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government is under increasing pressure to revamp the country's employment insurance system amid concerns that the $40-billion economic stimulus package announced less than 10 days ago will not be enough to help resuscitate Canada's rapidly deteriorating economy.
    2009-02-06 03:40:18